Suspender-buckle



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.G. R. HARRIS. SUSPENDRR BUCKLE.

o. 501,067. Patented July 11; 1893 UNITE TATES CHARLES R. HARRIS, OFWILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,067, dated July 11,1893.

Application filed June 21,

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. HARRIS, of Williamsport, in the county ofLycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Suspender- Buckles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in suspender buckles, the objectbeing to provide a buckle particularly adapted for use upon suspenderstraps of different thicknesses which will adjust itself when clamped toone strap as well as to another whereby a secure fastening is alwayseffected.

A further object is to provide a buckle having an extended surface whichmay be used for ornamentation to give the buckle a neat and attractiveappearance.

With these objects in View my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a view in front elevation of myimproved buckle. Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation. Fig. 3 is avertical section through the center of the buckle. Fig. 4: is a detachedview of the improved clamping lever.

' A represents the clamping lever which constitutes a leading feature ofmy present invention. This lever preferably comprises two parts namely awire and a thin metal plate secured to the wire in such a manner thatthe two parts are to all intents and purposes a single device. The wireis bent in the middle to form a handle 1 by which the lever is operated.This handle may be in the form of a loop as shown or differentlyconstructed if preferred. From this central point the two parts of thewire are bent together to form the shank 2 and thence they extend0utwardly in opposite directions and approximately at right angles tothe shank and handle as shown at 3, 3. Then decided bends 4, 4, are madein the wire to form springs and finally the parts of the wire terminatein pinthe lever.

tles 5, 5, which are preferably in alignment with the portions at 3, 3.The springs 4, 4, may be formed by a simple U-shaped bend in the wire orthey might be made by means of a spiralturn in the wire, the main ideabeing to form a stiffspring in the lever at this point, and thestiffness of this spring could be varied more or less by varying thelength of the springs.

, The thin metal plate referred to is provided with a straight serratedor toothed edge 6 which forms the biting or gripping portion of serratedportion is bent, backward at about right angles to the toothed orserrated portion and then around the portions 3, 3 of the wire, that isto say the plate is secured to the wire atsome point between thesprings. Also a central portion of the plate is extended backward andbent around the shank or handle as at 7, 7, so that a perfectly rigidconnection is formed between the two parts, and they become in effectone part.

B represents the body of the buckle. I This portion of the buckle maybeconstructed after various patterns but the form which has thus farproved most satisfactory is that shown wherein the body portion is madecircular. This portion is composed of a thin metal disk 11 provided atopposite points with backwardly turned ears 12, 12, in which bearingsare formed for the pintles 5, 5. At a point midway between these ears atongue 13 is formed and on the back of this a socket adapted to receivethe cast-off 15 is located.

A raised plate 16 conforming to the general shape of disk 11 is placedover the latter and The inner edge of this toothed or its edges are bentor spun around the edges tractiveness to the buckle and it is for thispurpose that it is especially adapted. I

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a suspender buckle, the combination with a body portion, of aclamping lever hinged thereto, said lever having springs formed at ornear its axial ends, and a biting or gripping portion located betweenthe rated edge secured to the wire between the 10 springs, and adaptedto bear yieldingly upon springs, substantially as set forth. andaccommodate itself to suspenderstraps of In testimony whereof I havesigned this diiferent thickness, substantially as set forth.specification in the presence of two subscrib- 5 2. In a suspenderbuckle, the combination ing witnesses.

with a body portion, of a clamping lever CHARLES R. HARRIS. hingedthereto, said lever comprising a wire Witnesses: bent to form springsand bearing pintles and E. I. NOTTINGHAM,

a thin plate of metal having a toothed or ser- HARRY B. ARMES.

